HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.12 Release Notes (5900-2121, March 2012)

Removing HP WBEM Services
Before removing the software, back up any files that you want to retain, such as the repository,
log files, configuration files, and certificate files. If these files are removed or overwritten during
the re-installation, you cannot restore them.
To remove HP WBEM Services, run the following HP-UX command:
# swremove WBEMServices
When there are providers in your environment that have a dependency on the file sets of HP WBEM
Services, then this command results in an error. In such cases, run the following command to remove
HP WBEM Services:
swremove -x enforce_dependencies=false WBEMServices
Patches and fixes in this version
This section describes the known problems, required patches, and fixes for this release of HP
WBEM Services.
Required and recommended patches
Currently, there are no patches required for HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.12 for HP-UX
11i v3.
Fixes in this release
Unless listed in the Known Problems and workarounds section, all known problems of previous
versions of HP WBEM Services have been fixed in this version.
Table 4 describes the defects fixed in HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.xx.
Table 4 Defects fixed in HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.xx
ResolutionDescriptionIdentifier
Defects fixed in A.02.09.12
This defect is fixed by modifying
cimserver shutdown and startup path to
When the permission of the file /etc/opt/
wbem/cimserver_start.conf is changed
QXCR1001164283
ensure that cimserver do not start if the
to root:sys and also the permission of
permission of /etc, /etc/opt, /
directories /etc, /etc/opt and /etc/
etc/opt/wbem and /etc/opt/wbem/
opt/wbem changed to root:sys then for next
cimserver_start.conf is changed
to root:sys.
cimserver start up, cimservermain will fall into
a deadlock loop resulting in 100 percent cpu
consumption. This is because the file /etc/
opt/wbem/cimserver_start.conf
becomes inaccessible.
Defects fixed in A.02.09.10
This defect is fixed in the current release.
The WBEM configure script is modified
When the swverify(1M) command is
executed with the (-x fix=true) option,
QXCR1001105601
to ensure that when the swverify
CIM Server becomes unstable. Subsequent
CIM Server start up fails.
command is executed with any options,
it does not change any file permissions
or affect CIM Server start up.
Defects fixed in A.02.09.08
This defect is fixed in the current release.
The cimauth command and the internal
According to the DMTF standards, the WBEM
namespaces are not case sensitive, but the
cimauth command processes namespaces
as case sensitive.
QXCR1001089629
WBEM data structures are modified to
ensure that the namespace case sensitive
error does not occur.
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